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Chile’s Daily News Brief: July 26th

lisa.downie — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:01:11 +0000

Postal Workers to go on Strike if Correos de Chile Fails to Comply The national leaders of different unions have united to protest against Correos de Chile (the Chilean mail service), who for 14 years have not raised their employees salaries. The company’s base salary is CLP$200,000 for mailmen and CLP$212,000 for postal operators. The [...]

Santiago Radio Interview with ABU-BAND, Chilean tribute band to SADE

michele.harvey — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:28:35 +0000

Marcial Diaz of Subtitulos y Eventos held a recent interview on Santiago radio with three members of ADU-BAND, a Chilean tribute band to SADE. During the interview, Loretto Canales (vocals), Francisco Gallardo (percussion), and Roberto Lacourt (saxophone), were treated to the best of SADE’s music videos, which VJ Marcial had translated and subtitled in Spanish, [...]

Two and a half million Chileans live below the poverty line

thibaut.mercier — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:06:36 +0000

About 15% of Chileans are currently living below the poverty line: this fact triggered a political dispute between Sebastian Piñera’s government and the previous administration. Among all Chileans, 3.7% live in indecent conditions, without any resources to live properly. Even if this study doesn’t take into account the damages caused by the earthquake in February, [...]

The most demanding adventure race will take place in the Campo de Hielo Sur in 2011

Staff Writer — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:58:53 +0000

The Patagonian cross-country competition, sponsored by Fundación Imagen de Chile, contemplates traveling around the second largest frozen territory of the hemisphere after Antarctica, in addition to navigating the southern fjords. A forthcoming visit to the Campo de Hielo Sur (Southern Patagonian Ice Field) will establish the route for the 2011 Patagonian Expedition Race, the most [...]

Neo-nazi Movement Only 100 Signatures Away from Becoming Political Party

javi.cubillos — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:56:40 +0000

Neo-nazi Movement Only 100 Signatures Away from Becoming Political Party

Chile under the lens of social inequalities experts

yanick.touchette — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:53:41 +0000

Experts from around Latin American gathered from Wednesday July 21st to Friday the 23rd during a forum hosted by the Academia de Humanismo and Alberto Hurtado Universities. Discussing and debating on various topics, academics ended the three day seminar on Friday exposing the “Inequality: Legitimacy and Conflict within Latin American Societies.” Special emphasis was given [...]

The ground shakes again in Bío Bío Region

yanick.touchette — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:51:22 +0000

A new aftershock of 5,1 on the Richter scale hit the region around Concepción just before 10am this morning. According to the Servicio Sismológico de la Universidad de Chile, the epicentre of the most recent tremor occurred some 32 km northeast of Arauco and 9.3km underground. No injuries were reported to the authorities and communication [...]

French companies in talks on rebuilding Chile

thibaut.mercier — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:08:46 +0000

France’s Minister of State of External Trade, Anne-Marie Idrac, was on Wednesday in Santiago to discuss the reconstruction of Chile following the February 27 earthquake. Joined by 40 French companies interested in helping the country, they were received by Chile’s Finance Minister Felipe Larrain. “They’ve expressed their interest and concern about the reconstruction in Chile, offered [...]

English Test for Chilean High-Schools Help Make Chile a Bilingual Country

javi.cubillos — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:00:10 +0000

English Test for Chilean High-Schools Help Make Chile a Bilingual Country

Chile’s Daily News Brief: July 23rd

lisa.downie — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:45:16 +0000

One died after colliding with a bus One Dead after Transantiago Bus Crashes with Car in Downtown Santiago Edolo Silva Coloma, 65, was the victim of an accident caused by a Transantiago bus crashing into his car. The accident occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in Placer street in downtown Santiago. The victim, who was [...]